William Alexander of Alexander Co., Illinois

The only information I have comes from Perrin's history of Alexander Co., Named for William Alexander.He founded the town of America, and served in the first State's legislature.Perrin says only that he 'went south and died'.South of Alexander Co., Il has to be Tennessee or Kentucky, or Missouri.

Family lore insists that Mattie Alexander was his daughter or grand-daughter - she is my great-grandmother.